1917 Sfatul Țării election


Indirect elections for the Moldovan Parliament took place in Moldova in November 1917. The members were elected by the various congresses, soviets, parties and professional and ethnic organizations existing in Bessarabia in the wake of the Russian Revolution.

Context

On , the Soldiers' council proclaimed the autonomy of Bessarabia, and summoned for the election of a representative body, called Sfatul Țării. The council prescribed the number of representatives allocated to each organization, and imposed a fixed ethnic composition, significantly different from the one recorded by previous Russian Imperial censuses. Of the 150 Diet members of Sfatul Țării, 105 were Moldavians, 15 Ukrainians, 13 Jews, 6 Russians, 3 Bulgarians, 2 Germans, 2 Gagauzians, 1 Pole, 1 Armenian, 1 Greek, 1 unknown.

The elected deputies

Follow-up

The first session of Sfatul Țării was held on, and chose Ion Inculeț as its president.
On, Sfatul Țării elected the Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet, with nine members and with Pantelimon Erhan as President of the Council of Directors General and Director General for Agriculture.
After some long talks, on, Sfatul Țării proclaimed the Moldavian Democratic Federative Republic, with Ion Inculeț as President.